Artificial intelligence will reach human levels by around 2029. Follow that out further to, say, 2045, we will have multiplied the intelligence, the human biological machine intelligence of our civilization a billion-fold. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote
Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote
Our intuition about the future is linear. But the reality of information technology is exponential, and that makes a profound difference. If I take 30 steps linearly, I get to 30. If I take 30 steps exponentially, I get to a billion. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote
All different forms of human expression, art, science, are going to become expanded, by expanding our intelligence. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote
The Blue Brain project expects to have a full human-scale simulation of the cerebral cortex by 2018. I think that’s a little optimistic, actually, but I do make the case that by 2029 we will have very detailed models and simulations of all the different brain regions. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote
When you talk to a human in 2035, you’ll be talking to someone that’s a combination of biological and non-biological intelligence. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote
By 2029, computers will have emotional intelligence and be convincing as people. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote
Supercomputers will achieve one human brain capacity by 2010, and personal computers will do so by about 2020. Ray Kurzweil Read Quote
